Yacouba Isaac Zida

Yacouba Isaac Zida (1965-) was President of Burkina Faso from 1-18 November 2014, succeeding Blaise Compaore and preceding Michel Kafando as well as Prime Minister from 19 November 2014, succeeding Luc-Adolphe Tiao.

Biography
Yacouba Isaac Zida was born in 1965 in Upper Volta to a family of Sunni Muslims. He gained a master's degree in International Management from the University of Lyon in France, and he received military training from the US Army. Zida served President Blaise Compaore as deputy commander of the Regiment of Presidential Security, while he also served as a peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2008 to 2009. On 1 November 2014 he led the 2014 Burkinabe coup d'etat and served as head of state for 17 days before Michel Kafando was elected as president, and he proceeded to serve as his Prime Minister. On 16 September 2015 General Gilbert Diendere attempted to lead a coup in Burkina Faso and nearly succeeded, but the coup was later quelled.